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some post election comments from inside mitt romney's family, the comments raising a lot of political eyebrows. his son gave an interview to "the boston globe," the newspaper, and unexpected is definitely the word. we'll get into that coming up in just a second. >>> also coming up, the controversial call on "wheel of fortune" that has viewers and a contestant expressing outrage. hear what happened during a final round of the game show that led to disappointment, to say the least. it all has to do with how you pronounce a word. >> being punished for her southern accent. i don't like that. i think she has a legit case. >>> coming up later, the hollywood heartbreak story that won't reach its final chapter. demi moore's latest divorce demand from ashton kutcher. quite an eye opener. details on that and much more celebrity goodness cominup. stay tuned for that. >>> but first, hundreds of people held a candle light vigil on new york's brooklyn bridge in honor of those who died in the connecticut school shooting. >> the names of the victims were read aloud at the center of that span as the p
some post election comments from inside mitt romney's family, the comments raising a lot of political eyebrows. his son gave an interview to "the boston globe," the newspaper, and unexpected is definitely the word. we'll get into that coming up in just a second. >>> also coming up, the controversial call on "wheel of fortune" that has viewers and a contestant expressing outrage. hear what happened during a final round of the game show that led to disappointment, to...
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this is mitt romney enjoying easter with his grandchildren. mitt romney as all-american family man. then this photo snapped over the weekend not authorized by his campaign. it's mitt romney and one of his sons about to enjoy san diego's surf. the campaign hopes that pictures like these drown out all the noise about his mormon faith. meanwhile, rick santorum has pulled himself off the trail for a few days as his 3-year-old daughter bella is hospitalized. he should be able to rejoin the campaign trail by tuesday. the question is whether he'll want to. he has more at stake these next few weeks than even romney. romney's campaign is set to launch some $2 million in ads in pennsylvania. if santorum were to lose his home state in two weeks, it would sting. rob and tanya? >> rick klein, thank you. >>> now to a big medical headline. it hits home for expectant mothers. scientists discovered obese women were 67% more likely to deliver autistic children compared to normal weight women. the study in today's "pediatrics" journal shows obese mothers have double the risk of having a child with dev
this is mitt romney enjoying easter with his grandchildren. mitt romney as all-american family man. then this photo snapped over the weekend not authorized by his campaign. it's mitt romney and one of his sons about to enjoy san diego's surf. the campaign hopes that pictures like these drown out all the noise about his mormon faith. meanwhile, rick santorum has pulled himself off the trail for a few days as his 3-year-old daughter bella is hospitalized. he should be able to rejoin the campaign...
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romney did the same in florida. he took a brief break to stop by a football game between his staff and the press corps following him. the republican contender egg north repeated questions from reporters. >> how do you feel about tomorrow? are you ready for tomorrow th. >> i'm ready for football. >> reporter: the debate will focus exclusively on foreign policy. the issue on the back burner this campaign season. the voters are concerned about the economy and domestic issues. at last week's townhall debate, the president and romney clashed over the administration handling of the attack in libya. the attack killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. >> that the president, the day after that happened, flies to las vegas for political fund raiser. >> the suggestion that anybody in my team would play politics or mislead when weep have lost four of our own governor is offensive. >> reporter: one topic that is sure to come up is iran and its nuclear ambitions. "the new york times" reported there is an agreement in
romney did the same in florida. he took a brief break to stop by a football game between his staff and the press corps following him. the republican contender egg north repeated questions from reporters. >> how do you feel about tomorrow? are you ready for tomorrow th. >> i'm ready for football. >> reporter: the debate will focus exclusively on foreign policy. the issue on the back burner this campaign season. the voters are concerned about the economy and domestic issues. at...
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but he's not letting up on romney. >> the fact is governor romney as governor was pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase, passed romney care, which is for all practical purposes obama care. >> reporter: there are just two contests remaining in february. the next major battle will be super tuesday, march 6th, when ten different states go to the polls. there are no signs that any candidate is considering dropping out before that big day, which means mitt romney could be facing a rough month ahead with three rivals determined to tear him down. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> and it really was a tough line for mitt romney. he had kind of a very meager. he rally in colorado. not too many folks showed up. kind of a tepid crowd on top of that. and his loss in minnesota, he carried that state back in 2008 and lost tonight. so again, the battle here is for those true conservatives, and santorum seems to have a hold on them. >> well, romney didn't spend a whole lot of time in either three -- or any of those states. he held no public campaign events in missouri since june 2011. on
but he's not letting up on romney. >> the fact is governor romney as governor was pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase, passed romney care, which is for all practical purposes obama care. >> reporter: there are just two contests remaining in february. the next major battle will be super tuesday, march 6th, when ten different states go to the polls. there are no signs that any candidate is considering dropping out before that big day, which means mitt romney could be...
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this romney/rubio moment a test run? amid so much talk of rubio that fresh-faced freshman senator from florida, he's on romney's short list for running mate. rubio has repeatedly said he was not interested but it was this moment, a freudian slip. >> three, four, five, six, seven years if i do a good job as vice president -- i'm sorry -- you guys all got that, right? >> as a senator. >> kid aside, rubio has what romney might need. he's the son of cuban immigrants, his election fueled by the tea party. >> thank you! >> reporter: his four children a mirror of so many faces in america. >> anthony who is 4 and dominik who is 2. and that's our family. you're 4. he's 4. >> reporter: the latest abc news poll shows president obama leading mitt romney by nearly 50 points among hispanic voters. while latino voters have expressed frustration with the president, his lack of immigration reform, many are alarmed even more by mitt romney's stance on immigrants here illegally and saying they must go home and get in line. >> they would le
this romney/rubio moment a test run? amid so much talk of rubio that fresh-faced freshman senator from florida, he's on romney's short list for running mate. rubio has repeatedly said he was not interested but it was this moment, a freudian slip. >> three, four, five, six, seven years if i do a good job as vice president -- i'm sorry -- you guys all got that, right? >> as a senator. >> kid aside, rubio has what romney might need. he's the son of cuban immigrants, his election...
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>> definitely ann romney. i think she's a classy and wonderful lady. >> was there anything she said ? in the debate in particular? >> no. i like how she looks. >> who do you think won the debate last night between ann romney and michelle obama? >> michelle. >> why do you say that? >> because i love her. >> anything in particular she said that spoke to you? >> no. in general -- i just saw a little bit of it, to tell you honestly. i had something else going on, so i didn't see the whole debate. >> reporter: that's because there was no debate. voters have seen and heard a lot from both wives who are the not so secret weapons for each campaign. >> we've got to keep working to fix this. we've got so much more to do. >> i love you women! >> reporter: and just this week, both willing to take on the unexpected. ann romney with the women on "the view." >> at one point when you didn't think he was being heard, he said he was not sure he wanted to come on with us because we're high risk and sharp tongued. >> no. he said
>> definitely ann romney. i think she's a classy and wonderful lady. >> was there anything she said ? in the debate in particular? >> no. i like how she looks. >> who do you think won the debate last night between ann romney and michelle obama? >> michelle. >> why do you say that? >> because i love her. >> anything in particular she said that spoke to you? >> no. in general -- i just saw a little bit of it, to tell you honestly. i had...
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from ann romney. you know, i know that ann romney is playing for the other team. is there a certain sisterhood between women who are in this position? >> absolutely. and this is something that barack and i talk about. we have learned this over time. who ever makes this kind of sacrifice, they deserve a pat on the back, that's how this democracy works. >> reporter: outside the white house there is always lots of chatter about how much is the first lady influencing policy. how do you see your role in that regard? >> i rarely step foot in the west wing. in fact people are shocked when they see me there. >> reporter: the first lady has long said her most important role is mom in chief. and now, with a teenager. i have a 14-year-old son. he has a question. it's hard enough to be 14 if your parents aren't the president and first lady if you don't live in the whitehouse. how do you help her negotiate that treacherous territory of 14. >> we point out. look around. you want to see hardship. you want to see struggle. you don't have it, kid. so i think, giving her some persp
from ann romney. you know, i know that ann romney is playing for the other team. is there a certain sisterhood between women who are in this position? >> absolutely. and this is something that barack and i talk about. we have learned this over time. who ever makes this kind of sacrifice, they deserve a pat on the back, that's how this democracy works. >> reporter: outside the white house there is always lots of chatter about how much is the first lady influencing policy. how do you...
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the way it is looking, romney is doing very well among white men. the president is doing very well among women and hispanics. that's why you see emphasis on the ground game, getting those supporters out to the polls. who ever gets their people out, that is who is going to be in the white house come january. that's the game right now. obama has an embedded ground game. and romney is going to try to keep pace with, incumbency factor when it comes to the ground game apparatus in motion already. >> the next couple weeks spend $80 million combined in tv advertising. that money could be used. >> people always say that. imagine money on campaigns went to education, hunger, medical research. pick something. big bucks. have fun in the battleground states. bombarded for 13 days. police in suburban denver are removing evidence from the home of a teenage college student in custody for the kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. abc's brandi hitt in los angeles with details. good morning. >> reporter: jessica ridgeway's family tells abc news they'
the way it is looking, romney is doing very well among white men. the president is doing very well among women and hispanics. that's why you see emphasis on the ground game, getting those supporters out to the polls. who ever gets their people out, that is who is going to be in the white house come january. that's the game right now. obama has an embedded ground game. and romney is going to try to keep pace with, incumbency factor when it comes to the ground game apparatus in motion already....
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you need two things and get a cartful. >> the romneys at costco, indeed. her first time being on the late night talk show like that. it was good. getting into the nitty-gritty. they want to again, the human factor. show the lighter side. she was trying to do that for mitt. he need the help. downen two battleground states. florida, and ohio not looking kindly. miles to go. what a week from today. october 3rd. big event. >> denver. that will be the first of three presidential debates. >> they say, ironically enough, romney may have an advantage. he had 19 debates during the primaries. all the republican debates. the president is rusty after four years. see how that factors out. both men doing a lot of prep. >> all this dirt, dirty lawn dream was aired out for everybody to see and hear. romney during the 19 debates. >> yeah, yeah, a lot of practice for sure. all right, in california, nearly 1,000 firefighters plan an all-out assault on a fire that is still smoldering near the border with mexico. >> the blaze killed one person and burned a dozen homes. abc's b
you need two things and get a cartful. >> the romneys at costco, indeed. her first time being on the late night talk show like that. it was good. getting into the nitty-gritty. they want to again, the human factor. show the lighter side. she was trying to do that for mitt. he need the help. downen two battleground states. florida, and ohio not looking kindly. miles to go. what a week from today. october 3rd. big event. >> denver. that will be the first of three presidential debates....
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romney during the 19 debates. >> yeah, yeah, a lot of practice for sure. all right, in california, nearly 1,000 firefighters plan an all-out assault on a fire that is still smoldering near the border with mexico. >> the blaze killed one person and burned a dozen homes. abc's brandi hitt from los angeles with more on the destructive fire season so far. brandi. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. a deadly and costly year battling wildfires. here in california we haven't even reached the peak of fire season yet. fast-moving flames from the wildfire have kept fire crews in southeastern san diego county on their toes for three days. >> there was just flames that came up over the top -- i couldn't believe it. i thought i was dead. >> reporter: unfortunately this fire has turned deadly. firefighters recovered the body of a man found inside his burned home. neighbors say 82-year-old carson robinson only had one leg and refused to leave despite evacuation orders. >> it looks like they tried three times to do reverse 911 calls, a neighbor may have tried to ban
romney during the 19 debates. >> yeah, yeah, a lot of practice for sure. all right, in california, nearly 1,000 firefighters plan an all-out assault on a fire that is still smoldering near the border with mexico. >> the blaze killed one person and burned a dozen homes. abc's brandi hitt from los angeles with more on the destructive fire season so far. brandi. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. a deadly and costly year battling wildfires. here in california we haven't...
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it's to let everybody pay mitt romney's rate. >> reporter: but the clock is ticking, and romney's rivals are well aware that if he wins saturday's south carolina primary he is much closer to wrapping up this nomination. rob and paula? >> also right now -- you want to go first? >> imagine, if perry and santorum drop out how close this really could be in real life. >> and apparently some conservatives are telling rick perry look, now's the time, he's not doing well in the polls in south carolina and there's rumors now that he would endorse gingrich, though, if perry drops out, he would endorse newt here. speaking of newt, his ex-wife is going to give an interview to "nightline" -- >> his second ex-wife. let's clarify. he's had three wives. >> he's had a few. will appear in an abc news exclusive on "nightline." she says she has plenty to say. that should be very interesting a glimpse into newt's personal life there. >> that's tonight -- >> that's tonight on "nightline." check it out. >>> we did mention romney's taxes just a minute ago and the questions of how he gets off paying so little. h
it's to let everybody pay mitt romney's rate. >> reporter: but the clock is ticking, and romney's rivals are well aware that if he wins saturday's south carolina primary he is much closer to wrapping up this nomination. rob and paula? >> also right now -- you want to go first? >> imagine, if perry and santorum drop out how close this really could be in real life. >> and apparently some conservatives are telling rick perry look, now's the time, he's not doing well in the...
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expected romney in a landslide. because some of the -- the liberal -- the moderate liberals there, the liberal base of independent voters are much more moderate, gay marriage rights. we know how extremely ultraconservative santorum is. >> the white house jumping on romney. they expect hip to be the eventual gop nominee. you have been ahead in the polls as much as 30 points. you better maintain the lead come out of new hampshire a big winner. frying to raise the mark. put pressure on romney to win big in new hampshire chip away the idea that he is the guy. so, interesting the politics now that is all at play here. caucuses, you know move forward. >> see how he respond as well to all of that, gingrich's anti-romney political ads. >> that target comes on your back. see how he deals with it. be sure to stay with abc news for the saturday night gop debate in new hampshire. george stephanopoulos and diane sawyer will moderate again. tune in at 9:00 p.m., eastern, 6:00 pacific. saturday night. >>> republicans are criticizi
expected romney in a landslide. because some of the -- the liberal -- the moderate liberals there, the liberal base of independent voters are much more moderate, gay marriage rights. we know how extremely ultraconservative santorum is. >> the white house jumping on romney. they expect hip to be the eventual gop nominee. you have been ahead in the polls as much as 30 points. you better maintain the lead come out of new hampshire a big winner. frying to raise the mark. put pressure on...
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winning wisconsin on tuesday would provide an exclamation point for romney. in terms of when it formally ends, rick santorum labeled his home state as pennsylvania a must-win for him and he's almost certainly right. that's just three short weeks away. and if santorum doesn't win that contest he has no argument left for maintaining an active candidacy. for romney, there's finally a light at the end a very long primary tunnel. >> thanks to rick klein for that. >>> visa customers encountered an aggravating problem last night due to a nationwide system outage. no visa credit or debit cards could be used for a 45-minute period on sunday. a visa spokesperson blamed the problem on system enhancements unrelated to a security breach reported on friday. visa card transactions are now back to normal. >>> burger king is beefing up its menu. get it? beefing up its menu, in hopes of catching up with the competition. starting today, bk customers have their choice of smoothies, frapps, coffee, chicken strips and snack wraps. they admit the new items are similar to those alre
winning wisconsin on tuesday would provide an exclamation point for romney. in terms of when it formally ends, rick santorum labeled his home state as pennsylvania a must-win for him and he's almost certainly right. that's just three short weeks away. and if santorum doesn't win that contest he has no argument left for maintaining an active candidacy. for romney, there's finally a light at the end a very long primary tunnel. >> thanks to rick klein for that. >>> visa customers...
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the president was asked if a romney presidency would be a disaster? he replayed saying the nation can survive a lot. but this nation, in his words wants to thrive. >> so diplomatic. we know romney will be on "the view" in october. >>> four teens are under arrest. a soccer coach has been suspe suspended in a hazing scandal in a high school near los angeles. more than 70 people have been questioned after several soccer playser at the high school said they were attacked on school ground. a sex crimes unit is investigating allegations that a coach lured younger boys to a room where older players tried to assault victims with a foreign object. >> fought so are, he grabbed this piece of javelin, grabbed it with both of his hand like this, squeezing it so hard. >> this is intolerable. and our district cannot -- tolerate this. >> the abuse allegedly occurred late last spring. but police are looking into several years of the la puente high school soccer program. >>> new york city now supplying the morning after pill to teens at a dozen high schools. students a
the president was asked if a romney presidency would be a disaster? he replayed saying the nation can survive a lot. but this nation, in his words wants to thrive. >> so diplomatic. we know romney will be on "the view" in october. >>> four teens are under arrest. a soccer coach has been suspe suspended in a hazing scandal in a high school near los angeles. more than 70 people have been questioned after several soccer playser at the high school said they were attacked on...
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romney's trying to rain on santorum's southern parade. it was romney who was all wet. >> this could be an election that comes down to a very small margin between the three people running here most aggressively. >> reporter: this race could go on for months. but of the four republican candidates, only romney has a clear path to the nomination. and that magic number of 1,144 delegates. for santorum newt gingrich and ron paul the best they can hope for is to throw up a roadblock and maybe force a convention fight. >> it sounds like someone who's been listening to math class. >> reporter: the math may be on romney's side, but he still has his work cut out for him. a new abc news/"washington post" poll found that only 66% of republicans said that they would be satisfied with romney as their nominee. and only 31% said they actually want to see him win the nomination. but for now that may be enough. that same poll found that in a head-to-head match-up romney has a slight edge over president obama. rob and paula, back to you. >> thanks, karen. on
romney's trying to rain on santorum's southern parade. it was romney who was all wet. >> this could be an election that comes down to a very small margin between the three people running here most aggressively. >> reporter: this race could go on for months. but of the four republican candidates, only romney has a clear path to the nomination. and that magic number of 1,144 delegates. for santorum newt gingrich and ron paul the best they can hope for is to throw up a roadblock and...
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>> i was at the romney headquarters election night and when they learned he wasn't going to be president of the united states, he looked sad. he looked like somebody that really wanted this and it was not going to be. so just seeing the reaction and everything that went to it. and tag said that ann tried to convince him of this, too. >> you have to wonder, did he really not -- he could have made choices and said i'm not going to do it. but you have to wonder did he not want to do it or is this kind of, you know, post election -- like i didn't want it any way. i'm brushing it off. i don't know how to interpret that, but interesting article in "the globe." >>> in other news today, a veteran idaho lawmaker is apologizing after being arrested for dui in washington. virginia police say republican mike crepo had a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit. >>> former president george h.w. bush may be spending christmas in the hospital. doctors say he's in stable condition but needs to build up his energy. >>> christmas prayers are going out to nelson mandela. south africans are sending warm wi
>> i was at the romney headquarters election night and when they learned he wasn't going to be president of the united states, he looked sad. he looked like somebody that really wanted this and it was not going to be. so just seeing the reaction and everything that went to it. and tag said that ann tried to convince him of this, too. >> you have to wonder, did he really not -- he could have made choices and said i'm not going to do it. but you have to wonder did he not want to do it...
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mitt romney held debate sessions. his camp knows they will see a different president obama tuesday night. >> the president can change his style, his tactics, he can't change his record. >> reporter: while the debate about the debeate was the talk. and the obama campaign is filling ohio airwaves using actor morgan freeman. >> four years later our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. >> reporter: and this week, bill clinton and bruce springsteen are in ohio campaigning for the president. ♪ yes i am >> reporter: big names aimed directly at the undecided voters in a critical battleground state. how important is ohio? well mitt romney was there four days last week. he is expected to return later this week to try and cut into the president's lead in that all-important state. david kerley, abc news, the white house. >>> thank you, david. the lead has been cut into. looking at poll numbers over the weekend. this thing has gotten so tight. even in some battlegrou
mitt romney held debate sessions. his camp knows they will see a different president obama tuesday night. >> the president can change his style, his tactics, he can't change his record. >> reporter: while the debate about the debeate was the talk. and the obama campaign is filling ohio airwaves using actor morgan freeman. >> four years later our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. >> reporter: and this week,...
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romney has a different challenge than i did. even though he had a bruising primary and higher negatives than i did, too. mine was just one long character attack. the problem that governor romney has is his character attack was you don't really know what he believes. he did this. he says that. and the poor man who got in trouble for the etch-a-sketch remark, it's like -- that's like saying there's nothing more damaging in politics than telling the truth. i mean, the truth is, that's what he's got to do. >> rocking the leather jacket there. we'll have much more of president clinton's comments coming up on "good morning america." >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton is focussing on syria as the brutal government crackdown continues. on a trip to turkey, mrs. clinton reinstated the u.s. position against president bashar al assad and explained how the u.s. is helping to turn things around. abc's rina ninan is traveling with the secretary of state. >> reporter: the move is designed to try and get president assad's security force
romney has a different challenge than i did. even though he had a bruising primary and higher negatives than i did, too. mine was just one long character attack. the problem that governor romney has is his character attack was you don't really know what he believes. he did this. he says that. and the poor man who got in trouble for the etch-a-sketch remark, it's like -- that's like saying there's nothing more damaging in politics than telling the truth. i mean, the truth is, that's what he's...
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this has become a real issue for mitt romney. >> romney's ready to fire back. going after obama on cronyism and all these things coming up this week. so it's just the beginning. >> it's heating up. >>> should we talk some sports? >> yes. >> i'm a little bummed out about this, more than a little bummed out. plain old bummed out. the new york knicks are likely to recall the phenomenon of linsanity. the heroics of guard jeremy lin, you might remember him. he was the team's most popular player. lin was sidelined with a knee injury towards the end of the season. now it looks like he won't be a knick. the team has until late tomorrow to match a three-year, $25 million offer from the houston rockets and most believe the knicks are going to let lin walk away. >> see, as a native new yorker, and i hope you are too, i'm a huge knicks fan. >> me, too. >> always a knicks fan. why would they let jeremy lin go? we're talking linsanity here. >> i know. they want him, too. he makes enough money, he's really boosted the international viewing and the jersey and the merchandising
this has become a real issue for mitt romney. >> romney's ready to fire back. going after obama on cronyism and all these things coming up this week. so it's just the beginning. >> it's heating up. >>> should we talk some sports? >> yes. >> i'm a little bummed out about this, more than a little bummed out. plain old bummed out. the new york knicks are likely to recall the phenomenon of linsanity. the heroics of guard jeremy lin, you might remember him. he was...
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with his usual showmanship style, the donald announced he is backing romney. yesterday at the hotel trump on the vegas strip. and romney now says he misspoke this week when he said he was not very concerned about poor people. and president obama seemed to have been talking about romney during the usually non-political national k prayer breakfast. the president said his christian faith influences his economic policies including his call for the aelt wealthy to pay more in taxes and his health care overhaul. >> they asked if the president sought trump's endorsement and he said i'm not going to comb over that. >>> get this. roseanne barr is running for president. it ain't a joke, y'all. the actress comedian has now filed official paperwork to get the green party's nomination. barr says democrats and republicans are not working in the best interests of the american people. she wants to forgive all credit card and mortgage debt. okay, rosie. >>> now we turn to indianapolis and a headline that's not involving -- that does not involve the giants or the patriots. our
with his usual showmanship style, the donald announced he is backing romney. yesterday at the hotel trump on the vegas strip. and romney now says he misspoke this week when he said he was not very concerned about poor people. and president obama seemed to have been talking about romney during the usually non-political national k prayer breakfast. the president said his christian faith influences his economic policies including his call for the aelt wealthy to pay more in taxes and his health...
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romney's schedule has then't been announced yet. he is trying to woo a key voting group with a speech to the hispanic chamber of commerce in los angeles. but he is facing an uphill battle. four years ago, president obama won 67% of the hispanic vote. in this year, polls are indicating he could do even better. karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> i think what's fascinating though is that, the conversation has turned from the economy, now to foreign policy. and, you know, of course here everyone is still talking about the economy and the effect it had on sort of, the average american. but foreign policy is now also affecting the average american the we have all of our families, troops abroad. talking about before. sort of the green on blue, did i say that correctly? >> green on blue attacks. >> oil, everything. >> it is really important. i think it is going to be interesting to see the debates. how that is sort of going to shape up. i think we thought, economy, economy, economy. now, foreign policy, foreign policy, middle east. >>
romney's schedule has then't been announced yet. he is trying to woo a key voting group with a speech to the hispanic chamber of commerce in los angeles. but he is facing an uphill battle. four years ago, president obama won 67% of the hispanic vote. in this year, polls are indicating he could do even better. karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> i think what's fascinating though is that, the conversation has turned from the economy, now to foreign policy. and, you know, of course...
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gingrich says if romney secures the nomination he would campaign for him but romney's mormon faith may be a negative for millions of republican christians. pastor rick warren was asked about just that. >> key sticking point for evangelicals and actually for many is the issue of the trinity. that's the historic doctrine of the church that god is three in one. not three gods, one god in father, son and holy spirit. mormonism denies that. that's a sticking point for a lot of catholic collisions, evangel ka christians, pen costal christians because they don't believe that. now they'll use the same terminology but they don't believe in the historic doctrine of the trinity. and people have tried to make it other issues but that's one of the fundamental differences. >> an influential roman catholic leader in new york, cardinal timothy dolan says catholics may have reasons not to vote for romney but his religion cannot be one of them. >> rick klein looks at the sensitive subject of politics and religion. good morning, rick. >> rob and tannia, we're detecting a big snift how mitt romney is conf
gingrich says if romney secures the nomination he would campaign for him but romney's mormon faith may be a negative for millions of republican christians. pastor rick warren was asked about just that. >> key sticking point for evangelicals and actually for many is the issue of the trinity. that's the historic doctrine of the church that god is three in one. not three gods, one god in father, son and holy spirit. mormonism denies that. that's a sticking point for a lot of catholic...
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romney is focused on one of his familiar campaign themes, the economy. he is urging potential voters to consider their personal circumstances, saying he's the one who can get things, quote, cooking again. >> i believe this is a defining election. defining for the nation, but also defining for your family. and i say that because, it will make a difference this election will. a difference for the nation, a difference for the families of america. and a difference for your own family. >> today, romney will spend the entire day on the stump in the pivotal battleground states of ohio. drumming up support there. and if he does takes ohio -- takes the election, he'll become the first republican challenger to win the election without winning ohio. >> obama still up by five points in ohio, encouraging to the campaign. still so tight in so many states. it's going to be a nail-biter of an election, everyone knows that. and the way it's looking right now, romney is doing very well among white men. the president is doing very well among women and hispanics. that's why
romney is focused on one of his familiar campaign themes, the economy. he is urging potential voters to consider their personal circumstances, saying he's the one who can get things, quote, cooking again. >> i believe this is a defining election. defining for the nation, but also defining for your family. and i say that because, it will make a difference this election will. a difference for the nation, a difference for the families of america. and a difference for your own family....
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that's the obama campaign's response to romney. just amazing he's not distancing himself further from something already proven time and time again to be untrue. >> and what was the -- you threw out a number off camera. is it 10% of americans still believe -- >> according to a survey last spring, 10% of the country still believes obama was born in another country. >> romney might need that 10% to get over the hump. >> there must be a political calculation that can help him. maybe helps him with the very conservative base of the party. who knows. but the issue just will not die, that's for sure. >>> all right. shifting gears now, jurors in the john edwards campaign corruption trial will resume deliberations for an eighth day. edwards along with his parents and his daughter cate left a north carolina courtroom. still no verdict in hand. jurors are plowing through 17 days of testimony and about 500 exhibits as well. legal analysts say that creates plenty of potential for disagreement. >> the amount of documents they've been asking for
that's the obama campaign's response to romney. just amazing he's not distancing himself further from something already proven time and time again to be untrue. >> and what was the -- you threw out a number off camera. is it 10% of americans still believe -- >> according to a survey last spring, 10% of the country still believes obama was born in another country. >> romney might need that 10% to get over the hump. >> there must be a political calculation that can help...
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mitt romney, what do you think? >> b minus. >> b minus. >> b. >> b minus, tough grade. >> tough grade. basically talking about peace all night i wondered what happened to the strength. some of the statements he said you can't kill your way out of this mess. i wondered what mitt romney was talking about from the mitt romney we used to know. >> what do you think, b? >> a b. i i thought he came acrossed as some one you could see as president of the united states. that little litmus test he could. didn't come across as string and assertive in my view. >> how did, obama do? >> i thought he was an a minus. >> a. >> a, you get -- you are a tough a? >> i have not given an a in this entire series of debates to anyone. i thought this was actually barack obama's best moment. and to me the commander-in-chief test and strong and decisive was actually the most important thing in the campaign. it's why mitt romney rose in the aftermath of the first debate. i thought the president came across that way. a few instances i thought he
mitt romney, what do you think? >> b minus. >> b minus. >> b. >> b minus, tough grade. >> tough grade. basically talking about peace all night i wondered what happened to the strength. some of the statements he said you can't kill your way out of this mess. i wondered what mitt romney was talking about from the mitt romney we used to know. >> what do you think, b? >> a b. i i thought he came acrossed as some one you could see as president of the united...
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romney still has twice the number of delegates. the math says romney will win and some republicans believe the bickering between candidates -- >> senator santorum has the same economic lightweight background. >> reporter: -- is only hurting their chances. >> governor romney called me an economic lightweight. >> reporter: -- to beat president obama. >> leaving one to wonder what romney would say. >> a theory that seemed to come true when santorum suggested in texas it might be better to keep president obama than elect mitt romney. >> you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. a little different, we might as well stay with what we have. >> reporter: the primary calendar does not look great for santorum. it goes up through the northeast. delaware, maryland, d.c., new york, connecticut. but as santorum says, he is not getting out of this race. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> most of the remaining primaries ar
romney still has twice the number of delegates. the math says romney will win and some republicans believe the bickering between candidates -- >> senator santorum has the same economic lightweight background. >> reporter: -- is only hurting their chances. >> governor romney called me an economic lightweight. >> reporter: -- to beat president obama. >> leaving one to wonder what romney would say. >> a theory that seemed to come true when santorum suggested in...
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the democrats have pounced on the comment and tried to link murdoch to romney because romney endorsed him. >>> asian markets are lower after a dismal day on wall street. stocks tumbled after a series of low earning reports from dupont and xerox, ups, otherwise known as ups, world's largest package delivery company, warned the pace of growth is uneven and holiday shopping season could prove to be ing. the worst day since june. just a little note, investors were thinking how high can we go, how low can we go in a split second. >> couple years ago, remember the dow was at 6,500. and 13,000 was a big deal. compared to whey where we were, considerable improvements. in addition to bad earnings reports, moody's is going to downgrade, said it was going to downgrade five of spain's regions, downgrading credit look we have been through here in the u.s. global economy remains weak. you can never think here in the u.s. we are immune to what is happening in global economics. interesting. always. >> domino effect. >>> small new jersey town is in shock. now that two teenage brothers have been charge
the democrats have pounced on the comment and tried to link murdoch to romney because romney endorsed him. >>> asian markets are lower after a dismal day on wall street. stocks tumbled after a series of low earning reports from dupont and xerox, ups, otherwise known as ups, world's largest package delivery company, warned the pace of growth is uneven and holiday shopping season could prove to be ing. the worst day since june. just a little note, investors were thinking how high can we...
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attacking romney on say that video insulting 47% of the country as irresponsible victims. his aide advised him to focus on policy, such as romney's effort to distance himself from his own tax proposal. >> for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan. and, now, five weeks before the election, he is saying that his big bold idea is never mind. >> reporter: now top democrats and liberal pundits bemoan a missed opportunity. >> i don't know what he was doing out there, had his head down, enduring the debate rather than fight. >> it looked like romney wanted to be there, president obama didn't want to be there. >> reporter: some blamed denver's high elevation for his performance. >> when you go to 5,000 feet, and you have a few hours to adjust. >> that's interesting. >> i don't know. >> the president spent much time looking down at his podium take notes. and squandered easy opportunities to go after romney. such as this moment. >> i like pbs. i like big bird. i like you too. but i am not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from chon ina to p for it. a
attacking romney on say that video insulting 47% of the country as irresponsible victims. his aide advised him to focus on policy, such as romney's effort to distance himself from his own tax proposal. >> for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan. and, now, five weeks before the election, he is saying that his big bold idea is never mind. >> reporter: now top democrats and liberal pundits bemoan a missed opportunity. >> i don't know what he was doing out there, had...
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romney is ready for this to be over. the country is ready for the primary to be over as you can tell by the white house's new ad. the president now saying it's going to be romney. let's finally get down to the phase of this where it's mano-e-mano. you heard santorum saying it's only halftime and he's gearing up for a big win in pennsylvania and possibly texas. >> i think it's the two-minute warning in the fourth. >> probably the better analogy. >> still 19 contests left. a huge swing where just last month in march, romney lost to very conservative voters. last night he won them. definitely seems to be winning over the conservative base. >> end game is here. five more contests coming up april 24th. that will be the next big day. so the end is in sight. >>> shifting gears now, a federal appeals court judge is taking offense with president obama's warning to the supreme court earlier this week. as justices, of course, consider overturning his health care reform law. that judge, jerry smith, actually referred to the affordab
romney is ready for this to be over. the country is ready for the primary to be over as you can tell by the white house's new ad. the president now saying it's going to be romney. let's finally get down to the phase of this where it's mano-e-mano. you heard santorum saying it's only halftime and he's gearing up for a big win in pennsylvania and possibly texas. >> i think it's the two-minute warning in the fourth. >> probably the better analogy. >> still 19 contests left. a...